that christmas star real or not
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Nah, if anything it was the Enterprise. That's why Space has a Star Trek Marathon on the 24th and 25th.
here is one theory
The Christmas star
The Christmas star
Astronomic records (surprisingly well-kept) from that time suggest that, if such a thing DID occur, it was 7 years (give or take) off from the year "0000"...which, of course, was only a calculation by a monk and, frankly, not the strongest starting point from which to gauge a calendar, but there we are.
Most historians believe that the 'Christmas star' was a series of astronomical events that had meaning to astrologers of the day, not so much to casual observers. That's why, when the 'wise men' (also translated as 'astrologers,' and by the way, the Bible does not say how many there were) from the East came to Jerusalem, no one else seemed to know about the 'star' that had guided them. Best candidates for stellar events occurred around 2 B.C. It's fascinating to me how God often uses natural events to make a statement - or in this case, herald the birth of His son.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Merry Christmas to everyone!
It's just a legend.
But "The Star" by Arthur C Clarke is my all-time favorite short story.
But "The Star" by Arthur C Clarke is my all-time favorite short story.
It's been attributedf to many things: a conjunction of planets, a star going (super)nova, a planetary eclipse, a strange comet, a lost deep space probe following a bizarre time travel experiment... this article has some ideas:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7791571.stm
Personally I think Chris de Burgh was right... [You've had too much mulled wine again - everyone]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7791571.stm
Personally I think Chris de Burgh was right... [You've had too much mulled wine again - everyone]
It was a weather ballon trapped in some swamp gas the reflected the light off Venus.
http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/...=d.DateStrip+DESC&PerPage=1&x=30&y=12&Search=
This reminds me of the Clark story...who knows?
This reminds me of the Clark story...who knows?
Wait...I thought they were following the light of Rudolph's shiny red nose?!
But "The Star" by Arthur C Clarke is my all-time favorite short story.
I'm not even a Christian, and that story gave me chills when I first read it.
Not kill...assimilate!
"We will add your technological, biological, and theological distinctiveness to our own..."
Nice. I love 9 Chickweed Lane, but I hadn't see that one.
Same here. There was also a pretty nice adaptation on the 1980s Twilight Zone revival.But "The Star" by Arthur C Clarke is my all-time favorite short story.
I'm not even a Christian, and that story gave me chills when I first read it.
On the other hand, it's really fascinating to me how people often interpret perfectly natural events to mean whatever they would it like to mean about their peculiar mythology!
